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      Trifid HDR a la Bishop
      Wallpaper author:
      Dale Smalley

      29 Mar 2022

      Trifid HDR a la Bishop

      Using Scotty Bishop's HDR technique to tease out the details of the Trifid Nebula, (catalog numbers NGC 6514 and M 20), bright, diffuse nebula in the constellation Sagittarius, lying several thousand light-years from the Earth. It was discovered by the French astronomer Legentil de La Galaisière before 1750 and named by the English astronomer Sir John Herschel for the three dark rifts that seem to divide the nebula and join at its centre. Of about the ninth magnitude optically, the Trifid is also a radio source.

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      M20

      10 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CCD
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Emission Nebula
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        FLI ProLine PL9000
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 270.675 Dec -22.9667
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Chile
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        24 Sept 2019 - 14 Aug 2022
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Luminance6740m36
      Red6940m35
      Green8578h20m35
      Blue6538m35
      Halpha8067h50m35

      Trifid HDR a la Bishop